From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. J. Richard in West Point, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking whether or not to hold previously ordered special election in Colfax (now Clay) County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, advising Ames of the political situation in Lee County, Mississippi. (mdah_803-989-04-08 is a follow-up to this letter).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Three letters stuck together from W. T. Martin, E. H. Hicks, and J. M. Ellis, respectively. Each letter is addressed to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn and each concerns the defense of chancery clerk D. C. Kearns against efforts to remove him from office. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Martin's letter and Hicks's letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, of county officers whom have been confirmed by the Senate from Yalobusha, Tallahatchie, Carroll, Madison, Perry, Coahoma, and Attala Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report of County Officers for Tallahatchie, Smith, Lowndes, DeSoto, Holmes, Winston and Yalobusha Counties of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn of the actions of the Senate in the matter of confirming persons appointed to county officer positions by Alcorn, and one nominee who was not confirmed. Attached is a list of names of appointees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing Alcorn that the Senate had confirmed the accompanying list of county and municipal officer nominations for Harrison and Pike Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from George H. Gray, Sr. at Clinton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting that he appoint him to a job in state government so that he can support his large family, as they have been left destitute after the Civil War and depend on rations from a federal commissary. Gray states that he is deaf, and thinks he is only capable in recording, copying, or transcribing documents.